Getting Started with Meteor.js JavaScript Framework - Second Edition - Softcover

Isaac Strack

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1785285548 ISBN 13: 9781785285547

Publisher: Packt Publishing - ebooks Account, 2015

Synopsis

Learn to develop powerful web applications in minutes with Meteor

About This Book

• Learn one of the most up-to-date JavaScript platforms, with easy to follow, step-by-step instructions
• Familiarize yourself with Meteor's new and improved features
• Create dynamic, multi-user applications in JavaScript

Who This Book Is For

This book is for developers or students who have a working knowledge of JavaScript and HTML, and want to learn how to quickly develop full-stack web applications using pure JavaScript.

What You Will Learn

• Leverage reactive programming in modern web applications
• Design and implement MongoDB/NoSQL databases
• Develop fast and simple web interfaces with HTML templates
• Use local and server synchronization to make apps more user-friendly
• Structure an application for performance and security
• Leverage Meteor's quick and easy user authentication system
• Implement third-party packages and add-ons
• Prepare and deploy Meteor applications

In Detail

Meteor is one of the most popular development platforms available today, allowing you to create and deploy mobile and web applications in a fraction of the time needed by other JavaScript frameworks. Getting Started with Meteor.js JavaScript Framework Second Edition is an easy to follow, step-by-step approach to learning how to build modern web applications with Meteor.

You will begin with a look "under the hood" to see what makes Meteor so special. Next, you will build a complete, working application from scratch, gaining a thorough understanding of Meteor's major features including: data on the wire, web templates, declarative programming, full-stack reactivity, modularity, third-party packages, and MongoDB/NoSQL databases. Finally, you will learn how to harden your app, prepare it for production release, and quickly deploy it using Meteor's public servers or your own custom server. With updated screenshots and code, this second edition will show you exactly why Meteor is the choice for rapid, elegant application development.

About this title

About the Author

Isaac Strack is a design technologist and STEM education advocate, currently working as a solutions consultant for Adobe Systems. With more than 15 years of experience in management information systems and web and creative technologies, Isaac has a strong background in modern web application development. He is the author of the Packt Publishing book Meteor Cookbook and the Packt Publishing video series Learning Meteor Application Development; he also assisted recently as a technical reviewer for another Packt Publishing book named Building Single-page Web Apps with Meteor. He holds a patent for online fraud detection and is a co-captain of the Salt Lake City Meteor Meetup group. He is an experienced lecturer/speaker. Isaac regularly mentors others at boot camps, training events, and conferences, such as UtahJS, DevMountain Meteor Day, NMC Summer Conference, Adobe workshops/events, and the Consumer Electronics Show (CES).

Edition details

• Publisher: Packt Publishing - ebooks Account
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1785285548
• ISBN 13: 9781785285547
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 151